Accessing the camera by Actionsheet option - swift

Question

I'm trying to give the user two options uploading an image, the first the the photo library, and the second is the camera. I have an Actionsheet where the user can choose which way he wants to upload an image, but when clicking on the camera option, the camera app won't open. I did add the Privacy needed in the plist file.
This is my actionsheet code:
extension MoreReportsVC: UIImagePickerControllerDelegate, UINavigationControllerDelegate {
func handleAddPhoto() {
showSimpleActionSheet(controller: self)
}
func showSimpleActionSheet(controller: UIViewController) {
let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Add a photo", message: "Please Select an option", preferredStyle: .actionSheet)
alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "From photo library", style: .default, handler: { (_) in
self.imagePicker.getImage(fromSourceType: .photoLibrary)
}))
alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Open camera app", style: .default, handler: { (_) in
self.imagePicker.getImage(fromSourceType: .camera)
}))
alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Dismiss", style: .cancel, handler: { (_) in
print("User click Dismiss button")
}))
self.present(alert, animated: true, completion: {
print("completion block")
})
}
}
This is my ImagePicker code:
class ImagePickerManager: UIViewController, UINavigationControllerDelegate, UIImagePickerControllerDelegate {
var placeholderImage: UIImageView?
func imagePickerControllerDidCancel(_ picker: UIImagePickerController) {
picker.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [UIImagePickerController.InfoKey : Any]) {
//TODO:
}
func getImage(fromSourceType sourceType: UIImagePickerController.SourceType){
if UIImagePickerController.isSourceTypeAvailable(sourceType){
let imagePickerController = UIImagePickerController()
imagePickerController.delegate = self
imagePickerController.sourceType = sourceType
self.present(imagePickerController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
}
The imagePicker in the actionsheet, is just a ImagePickerManager variable.
The app won't crash or anything, and it is getting to the getImage method, but just don't open the camera.
EDIT: I think the problem is in the delegate = self. self needs to be the VC I try to view the imagepicker from if im not wrong. and currently it is ImagePickerManager but I can't find a way to set it as my VC.

Answer 1

The problem is that your ImagePickerManager isn't actually a reference to any view controller currently in the interface. Thus, self.present does nothing because self is not the current view controller.
If you want to put image picker management into an encapsulated class that is not the current view controller, the encapsulation should not itself be a view controller; it should just be an ordinary object. You then won't be able to say self.present, so you will need to provide this object with a reference to the current view controller, which is in this case your MoreReportsVC.

Answer 2

Add getImage method in UIViewController extension like this.
extenstion UIViewController {
func getImage(fromSourceType sourceType: UIImagePickerController.SourceType){
if UIImagePickerController.isSourceTypeAvailable(sourceType){
let imagePickerController = UIImagePickerController()
imagePickerController.delegate = self
imagePickerController.sourceType = sourceType
self.present(imagePickerController, animated: true, completion: nil)
} else {
print("Source type isn't available")
}
}
}
And call this method from showSimpleActionSheet method from self
func showSimpleActionSheet(controller: UIViewController) {
let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Add a photo", message: "Please Select an option", preferredStyle: .actionSheet)
alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "From photo library", style: .default, handler: { (_) in
self.getImage(fromSourceType: .photoLibrary)
}))
alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Open camera app", style: .default, handler: { (_) in
self.getImage(fromSourceType: .camera)
}))
alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Dismiss", style: .cancel, handler: { (_) in
print("User click Dismiss button")
}))
self.present(alert, animated: true, completion: {
print("completion block")
})
}
}